Music Teacher (Private Tuition) (ANZSCO 249214)

On the Short-term Skilled Occupation List and Core Skills Occupation List

From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.

Which lists is Music Teacher (Private Tuition) on?

STSOL — Short-term Skilled Occupation List. Occupations on the STSOL can access state-nominated and regional skilled visas (190/491), but not the Skilled Independent 189.

CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.

Visas this occupation can access

Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Music Teacher (Private Tuition) comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Music Teacher (Private Tuition) under Group B — a qualification comparable to an Australian Bachelor degree or higher, with four pathway options, shared with Art, Drama and nec Private Tutors. The occupation covers teaching students in the practice, theory and performance of music in private training establishments, outside the formal school curriculum. VETASSESS excludes Music Professionals — composers, musicians, singers — from this code, and separately excludes the 241xxx school-teacher codes for in-curriculum classroom work.

Where these applications come unstuck

A performance-focused qualification with no teaching component may not clear the highly relevant test, because the occupation description is about teaching music, not performing it professionally — the same boundary VETASSESS draws for Music Professionals generally. A registered school teacher's private tutoring only counts under this code for work that sits outside the formal school curriculum, not for in-class teaching.

An honest read on this pathway

This is the broadest visa reach of the four private-tuition codes: STSOL and CSOL placement, reaching 186, 190, 407, 482, 491 and 494 — the only one of the four with a route through the 482 and the 186. Genuinely useful for applicants whose evidence is built around teaching duties rather than a performance career, which is the distinction VETASSESS's exclusion is actually testing for.

VETASSESS assesses qualifications and employment separately. Both need documentation that agrees with itself. The Employment History Builder and Document Vault organise each trail before you lodge.

Talk it through with a registered agent

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